The Porsche 924 is a sports car that the company produced for over a decade, since 1976 until 1988. Porsche introduced the entry-level 924 model as the replacement for the 914.
The Porsche 924 was the German carmaker’s first production model to be given a water-cooled front engine, which stands for the exact opposite of Porsche’s tradition in engine type.

Porsche made the debut of the 924 model at a press conference that took place at the French harbour of La Grande Motte, in Camargue, in November 1975. The Porsche 924 was an extremely important model in the company’s history for it was the one that allowed for Porsche to escape imminent bankruptcy. Moreover, the 924 became so successful that it has since stood as one of the best-selling Porsche models.
The 924 started out as design commissioned to Porsche by its holding company Volkswagen as to eventually be sold as the mainstream Volkswagen sports coupe. However, Volkswagen would eventually give up on this project, while Porsche was in need of a new model to replace the ageing 914. As a result, an agreement was established between these two carmakers, in which Porsche bought back the designs and was given permission to use them to build a new Porsche car.
Between 1983 and 1986, the 924 was replaced in the markets by the newly introduced 944 model. Subsequently, the former started being sold as the Porsche 924S, from 1986 until the end of production, because it had adopted the 944’s engine as its own. The Porsche 924 was completely withdrawn from the company’s lineup in 1988.

The Porsche 924 relies on a front engine, rear-wheel drive type of layout. This model was released with a 2.0-litre engine capable of 125 hp, except for the North American market where emission regulations tuned down the car to 95 hp (which rose to 110 hp in 1977). A 2.5-liter engine with 225 hp was later added to the available options.
Until 1977, all 924 cars sported a 4-speed manual transmission, but from that year onwards an Audi 3-speed automatic unit was also available. In 1979 the Porsche 924 became acquirable with a 5-speed manual transmission as well.

The Porsche 924 is a 2-door, 2-seat coupe sports car that was conceived by Dutch designer and Porsche’s styling team member Harm Lagaay. Laggay fashioned the 924’s renowned wedge-shaped styling with hidden headlamps and no front grille on its oblique bonnet.

Porsche’s founder, the Austrian Ferdinand Porsche started out in the automobile business by working in the Lohner company as a car engineer. While still young, F. Porsche captivated the industry’s attention as the Lohner-Porsche electric car debuted in the 1900 World Fair in Paris, for he created the wheel hub engines. Later in that same year, he built up both a four-wheel drive race-car and the world’s fi... more